Taylor Gorman Scores Two as Bears Cruise to 4-0 Victory over Bryant

Sep 03, 2010

Smithfield, RI- Head Men's Soccer Coach Patrick Laughlin
picked up his first win of the 2010 season as the Brown
soccer team cruised to a 4-0 victory against host Bryant University
on Friday afternoon during the Ocean State Classic.
Junior Taylor Gorman (Freeport, ME) lit up for two goals this
afternoon while senior Jon Okafor (Verona, NJ) and junior Sean Rosa
(Montreal, QC) tallied one to give Bruno the exciting
season-opening win.

After Brown and Bryant combined for five fouls in the opening 10
minutes of play, the Bears were able to settle down and run their
offense. Rosa recorded the first shot of the game at the
10:16 mark which was saved by Bryant's Victor Tutino, and it
wasn't more than two minutes later when junior Austin Mandel
(Tarzana, CA) fired off a shot that missed wide. However,
Okafor proved a third time's a charm as he registered the
Bears' first goal of the game at the 15:52 mark to put the
Bears ahead, 1-0. Assists were credited to both Dylan Remick
(Inverness, IL) and Mandel.

The Bears recorded three more shots during the first period for
a total of six, while their stingy defense allowed the Bulldogs to
just three as Brown headed into halftime with a 1-0 edge.

Senior goalkeeper Paul Grandstrand (Orono, MN) picked up his
first of two saves just three minutes into the second period after
Bryant's Jordan Martin fired one off, but the Bears came
charging back to tally their second goal of the game just 25
seconds later when Thomas McNamara (West Nyack, NY) sent a pass
from the left side over to the top right of the box which was met
by Rosa who put one past Tutino in the left corner of the net at
48:55.

Brown continued to pressure the Bulldogs and fired off six more
shots before Gorman went to work. After a Mandel corner kick
65:13 into the game, Gorman connected on his first of two goals to
boost Brown's lead to 3-0. Three minutes later, Gorman
knocked in a free-kick to give Brown a 4-0 cushion and an eventual
win.

The Bears outshot the Bulldogs 16-6 this afternoon and held a
6-1 advantage in corner kicks, five of which came in the second
period. Bryant's Tutino picked up four saves in net but
suffered the loss after giving up four goals in his 75:24
minutes. Grandstrand was awarded two saves in his 90 minutes
in goal, as he and the Bears move into the championship game
against Providence College on Monday during the Ocean State
Classic.

Brown will now match up with Providence College at 3:30 p.m. on
Monday in the championship game of the Ocean State Classic.
The Friars earned a spot in the championship after defeating Rhode
Island 2-1 on Thursday afternoon. Bryant and Rhody will
battle it out in the consolation game hosted at Brown's
Stevenson Field at 1:00 p.m.